UC Berkeley trumps Stanford in worldwide university reputation ranking
UC Berkeley remains one of the world’s most well regarded universities, according to the recently released 2013 Times Higher Education World Reputation Ranking.
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UC Berkeley professor pushes for taxes on sugary drinks
A UC Berkeley professor published a commentary earlier this month supporting the taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages.
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The Ivy League’s Asian problem
The Devil's Advocate
Last month, the gatekeepers to some of America’s top colleges gathered at a four-star hotel in Los Angeles to discuss what The Chronicle of Higher Education called “the next frontier” in college admissions: the evaluation of applicants’ “noncognitive” attributes. Put less glamorously, the assembled admissions experts brainstormed ways for the admissions process
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Guilty until proven innocent
The Devil's Advocate
In October 2010, members of Yale’s Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity marched around campus chanting, “No means yes! Yes means anal!” The incident — and subsequent allegations that the Yale administration failed to respond adequately to the fraternity’s abhorrent behavior — provoked a national discussion about sexual violence and rape culture
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The ‘holistic’ admissions lie
The Devil's Advocate
Today, UC Berkeley’s application for fall 2013 admission will become available online. Nervous high school seniors around the world will finally be able to begin the rather unpleasant process of compiling grades, SAT scores, extracurricular activities and essays and entering them into the university’s sleek, blue application portal. Unfortunately, UC
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Faces of Berkeley: Osha Neumann, activist lawyer
Neumann dedicates life to social justice and advocates for homeless
Currently a consulting attorney for the East Bay Community Law Center, Berkeley resident Osha Neumann has spent his life advocating for underrepresented groups, specifically the homeless community in Berkeley.
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UC Berkeley lags competitors in recovering costs of research
As UC Berkeley awaits a verdict on whether the federal government will pay a greater portion of its indirect costs of research this year, the campus finds itself at a disadvantage compared to private research universities. With state funds in decline, the campus has increased its focus on recovering the
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UC Berkeley 21st in 2012 National University Rankings
US News and World Report released its annual National University Rankings Tuesday, ranking UC Berkeley 21st in a list topped by Harvard, Princeton and Yale. The rankings, which the report has released annually since 1985, included five other UC campuses in its top 50, including UCLA, which trailed four spots behind
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Former UC Berkeley professor remembered for teaching, environmental passion
Former UC Berkeley professor William Berry, a passionate paleontologist with an ardor for teaching environmental sustainability, died May 20 from skin cancer complications. He was 79. Born and bred in Boston, Berry completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Harvard University in 1953 and 1955, respectively, and later earned his
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Activist past gives campus chancellor unique worldview
It was the summer of 1965 — well before UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau was a professor, a world-renowned physicist or an administrator at top-notch universities in both the United States and in Canada. In fact, Birgeneau was just a graduate student studying physics at Yale University, wanting to do
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